Improved scabbard fqr trowel-bayonet



f Q y l @meenam FELIX CHILLINGWORTH, oF SPRINGFIELD,MAssAoHUsnTTs Letters Patent No` 84,612, dated lecmber` 1, 1868.

IMPROVED SCABBARD FOR TROWEL-BAYONET.

*How- The Schedule referredxo in these Letters Patent .anc making part of the same.

To all who/m, it Imay concern Be it known that I, FELIX GHILLINGWoRTH,.of the citr of Springfield, in the county of Hampden, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a Seabbard for TrowelfBayonet; and I hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, refer' ence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention'onsists in providing al scabbard for troWel-bayon ets.

' The spring G is placed between the frog D and body A, (and can be seen by raising point of frog, at D,) for the purpose of closing the month 'of the scabbard antomatieally, to exclude rain and snow.

The patent leather E is ball-stitched over the bodyA. lhe frog D is so shaped to give the scabbard the proper angle when on the belt.

vVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A soabbard for trowel-shaped bayonets, constructed and arranged as described.

FELIX CHILLINGIVORTH. Witnesses: t v

W. G. OHAMBERLAIN, J. G. FLAGG. 

